The oddest thing you do while eggs are in the incubator

[BantyRooster]

Shiningfeather-What, you thought I was joking??

Warden-Hillbilly millies....that's pretty darn funny, right there.

Looking into a five hundred dollar bator with a $85 Surefire in a fancy Snuggie....ahhhh, California.

Bantyrooster

 

[Shiningfeather]

BantyRooster the hay would be a little messy but the pickin and grinin works like a charm!

 

[BantyRooster]

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I never use hay, only wheat straw. I dont allow the cows to eat in the living room...and hay would only encourage bad behavior...

 

[Shiningfeather]

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I never use hay, only wheat straw. I dont allow the cows to eat in the living room...and hay would only encourage bad behavior...

You did say straw, my mistake..... I will just slip on my overalls and listen then!

 

[BirdMom]

We talk to them several times a day through the bator window. Give them encouragement and such.

 

[The Sheriff]

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I read on here you could see through a brick with that flashlight. I had to have it. Now I need a brick!

My eggs probably wish all they had to deal with is a little Charlie Pride but noooooooooooooo.......my office is next to THIS!

 

[bargain]

Okay Hubby asked me to tell you this,,,,,,But I don't want you to think less of me for this.....During hatchout My absolutely favorite cheerleader yell is:

What do you want, what do you want, "Hatchout, Hatchout"
For those of you that pm'd me I do not have a cheerleaders outfit, but I do wear a duck hat that my daughter had knitted for me upon real special occasions or reluctant hatches. If it helps and I think it might I will be a willing recipient of any cheerleading outfits you might have around the house, I usually wear a small but during the winter lets make that a XXL.....
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Some of my favorite songs WARNING:Only sing this during hatchout please)

Celebrate good times, we're going to have a party tonight, come on and "hatchout, hatchout"

Presently in celebration of the season, I'm singing very high soprano "Dashing through the snow, out the shell we go"........................

For those of you that have hatched my eggs and are reading this, please don't be mad that I didn't share these hatching tips. As I get a bit older every day, I thought it was time to leave you this important legacy............

Now times are tough on the farm, so you all can borrow my hatching tips and use them and share, but please don't publish them as I'm in the midst of writing a funny article, that if I procrastinate long enough, will be a book, so please if you share my tips, give credit to the author and maybe buy the book or we'll all write one together.

I'll share more later,,,,,but let me close this with a smile and say "remember me as breath of sprang remember me as a crazy funny thang"

Have a blessed and smiling and laughing day....(If you have a tough day coming or you know somebody that needs a smile, print out this thread and look at it often)....Or hey, if you just want to prove that You are not crazy, same purpose.

Hugs and laughter and the joy of life to each of you!

May you have a blessed day and may you smile till your eyes twinkle and laugh until you can no more......

 

[abooth]

My Jack Russel has her crate in the mud room where my incubator is. When she gets too excited about her breakfast she will bark. I always tell her to pipe down because she is scaring the eggs.

 

[dianneS]

I talk to them the whole way through, but after lockdown I tell em' "come on babies, you can do it!" I'm constantly shining my flashlight into the incubator window.

This last hatch I was cheeping at them when they started cheeping from inside their shells, but I didn't think my cheep sounded real enough. I found one of my dogs squeeky toys that sounded as close to cheep as possible and I sat over the bator squeezing a stuffed beaver dog toy over a bunch of eggs! I don't know if I helped or not.

One mistake that I made that could have ended up disasterous was that I left the doggie toy on top of the bator and when my dog spotted it, he tried to get it and could have knocked the whole incubator over! I'll never do that again!

 

[Happy Chooks]

No joke..........To set the scene: It was my first time ever hatching and Nancy's welsummer eggs were in the bator. I sat by the bator every chance I got for the last 3 days. Then they decided to hatch while I was at a soccer game and birthday party.

I finally saw the last 2 hatch, which was a good thing since 1 of them tore itself open hatching. By then I was so glad because my butt and back were killing me from sitting on the hardwood floor for 3 freakin days.

But the funniest part, was when you could hear them peeping through the shell. My dog was glued to the incubator. She just laid down next to it, watching.

But I have my babies, so I'm happy. Now I can't wait til so I can do it again.